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Department of Nutrition

Monday Nutrition Seminars

Missed a Monday Nutrition Seminar? 

Find it here......If a link is not available, it means we were not granted permission to publish it.

April 23rd, 2012 - Dr. Hannia Campos -   Independent but coordinated field trials to improve the quality of staple foods in low and middle income countries : An update from the Global Nutritional and Epidemiological (GNET) Initiative     http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20120423/

April 16th, 2012 - Dr. Shuji Ogino - Molecular Pathological Epidemiology (MPE) Adds New Dimension to Nutrition Analysis  No link at this time

April 9th, 2012 - Dr. Ross Hammond - Agent-based Computational Modeling, Public Health, and Obesity  Permission not granted.

April 2nd, 2012 - Dr. Vasanti Malik, Sc.D- Adolescent diet and risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nutritionseminar-20120402/index.htm

Mar. 26th, 2012 - Dr. Kendrin Sonneville ScD, RD, LDN - Eating disorders and obesity in teens: The role of body dissatisfaction 

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nss-20120326/index.htm

Mar. 19, 2012 - Dr. Pierre Chandon - How Food Marketing Distorts Portion Size Perceptions and Preferences http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG1/nutritionseminarseries-20120319/index.htm#

Mar. 5th, 2012 - Dr. Christopher Duggan - Vitamin B12 and maternal and child health in India  http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutsem-20120305/index.htm

Feb. 27th, 2012 - Dr. Johanna Lampe - Dietary Modulation of Cancer - Risk Biomarkers in Controlled Feeding Studies: Effects of Genetics

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nutritionseminar-20120227/

Feb. 13th, 2012 - Dr. Simone French - Linking Parents, Families and Communities to Prevent Obesity Among Children:  The NetWorks Study

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20120213/index.htm

Feb. 6th, 2012 - Dr. Manabu Nakamura- An essential role of omega-3 dososahexaenoic acid (DHA) in sperm development

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutseminar-20120206/

Jan. 30th, 2012 - Dr. Katherine Tucker - Nutrition and health in Boston area Puerto Rican adults           (no link available)

Jan. 23rd, 2012 - Dr. Charles N. Serhan- Novel Specialized Pro-Resolvin Mediators and Mechanisms in acute Inflammation

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20120123/index.htm

Dec. 12th, 2011 - Student presentations:

1.  Rachel Blaine - Family Child Care Homes: An Untapped Setting for Obesity Prevention

2. An Pan - Eight glasses of water a day! Truth or Myth?

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG1/nutsem-20111212/index.htm

Dec. 5th, 2011 - Student presentations: 

1.  Audrey Gaskins -  Folate and male fertility

2.  Mu Chen - Declining physical activity level and health in China

3.  Sally Akarolo-Anthony - Cranberries and recurrent urinary tract infection

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nutseminar-20111205/

Nov. 28th, 2011 - Student presentations:

  1.  Rachel Adler - Increasing active transport to school

  2.  Amanda Sands - Sleep duration and overweight and obesity in adolescents

  3.  Hyun Joon Shin - Instant noodles and cardiometabolic risk

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20111128/index.htm

Nov. 21st, 2011 - Frank Sacks, MD-  Amount and type of carbohydrate influencing risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: the OmniCarb trial         Permission not granted

Nov. 14, 2011 - Hugo De Groote, PhD - Biofortification to improve nutrition in African rural populations – an economist’s perspective.

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nutsem-20111114/index.htm#

Nov. 7, 2011 - Kassandra Munger, ScD - Serum 25(OH)D and risk of type 1 diabetes in the US military   Permission not granted

Oct. 31, 2011 - Aedin Cassidy, PhD -  Flavonoids and Health

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG1/ns-20111031/

Oct. 24, 2011 - Kathryn Montgomery, Ph.D -  Food Marketing to Young People in the Digital Age: Health Concerns & Intervention Strategies

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutsem-20111024/

Oct. 17, 2011 - Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH - Energy Balance and Colorectal Cancer Survivorship http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nutritionseminar-20111017/index.htm

Annual Stare-Hegsted Lecture on Oct. 6th, 2011- David Barker CBE, PhD, FRCP, FRS - The maternal origins of health for a lifetime.  http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/ashl-20111006/

Oct. 3, 2011 - Dr. Sjurdur Olsen Ph.D., D.Sc., M.D. -  Impact of marine n-3 fatty acids consumed in pregnancy on mother and child health; with particular focus on prevention of preterm birth http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/ns-20111003/index.htm

Sept. 26, 2011 - William A. Masters, PhD - Improving child nutrition in Africa: Insights from economics http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20110926-r/index.htm#

Sept. 19, 2011 - Dr. Curtis Huttenhower, PhD - Functional metagenomics of the human microbiome and gut microbiota  http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/ns-20110919/index.htm

Sept. 12, 2011 - Dr. Walter Willett, MD, DrPH-  Nutritional Epidemiology:  Highlights from the third edition http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutsem-20110912/ (volume is low)

May 9, 2011 - Dr. Pedro Sanchez, PhD - The African Millennium Villages         http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110509/index.htm

May 2, 2011 - Dr. Stephanie Smith-Warner, PhD - Diet and Estrogen Receptor Negative Breast Cancer: Recent Findings from the Pooling Project

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110502/index.htm

April 25, 2011 - Dr. Robert Lustig, MD- Dietary factors, NAFLD, and metabolic syndrome http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110425/index.htm#

April 18, 2011 - Dr. Regine Steegers-Theunissen, MD, PhD - The impact of periconception nutrition and epigenetics on reproductive outcome. 

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110418/index.htm

April 11, 2011 -  Dr. Sara Benjamin-Neelon, PhD, MPH, RD - Policy-based obesity prevention in young children

No link available

April 4, 2011 - Dr. Jodie Dodd, MD -The impact of overweight and obesity during pregnancy and childbirth http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110404/index.htm

March 28, 2011 -   Dr. Luc Tappy, MD - Regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism by nutrients; the role of fructose
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NutritionSeminar20110328/index.htm

March 21, 2011 - Dr. Bryn Austin, Sc.D - Linking Eating Disorders and Overweight Prevention: The View From Planet Health, Public Health, and Beyond

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110311/index.htm

March 7, 2011 - Dr. Stanley Zlotkin, CM, MD, PhD, FRCPC - The use of science, innovation and partnerships to begin to control micronutrient deficiencies in 750 million children globally

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20110307/index.htm#

February 28, 2011 - Dr. Jane Kerstetter, PhD, RD - Dietary Protein & Bone Health: Current Perspectives

No link yet

February 14, 2011 - Dr. Iris Shai, PhD - Dietary interventions to reverse atherosclerosis; beyond weight loss? 

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NutritionSeminar-20110214/index.htm

February 7, 2011 - Dr. Ellen Wartella, PhD - Food marketing and the child obesity epidemic      (permission not granted)

January 31, 2011 - Dr. Jennifer Nettleton, PhD - Interaction between whole grain foods and genetic variants on markers of diabetes risk: a meta-analysis of data from 14 CHARGE Consortium cohort studies

No link at this time.

January 24, 2011 - Dr. Xiang Gao, MD, PhD - Risk factors and preclinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/nutritionseminar-20110124/

January 10, 2011 - Dr. Hannia Campos, PhD - Plant omega-3 fatty acids: Could they play a role in cardiovascular disease prevention?

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutSeminar-20110110/

January 3, 2011 - Dr. Lu Qi, PhD - Genes, environment, and obesity risk 

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/Unspecified_Unspecified_2011-01-03_12-33-PM.htm

December 13, 2010 - Student presentations:

1. Lani Rapp - Dairy and prostate cancer: role of calcium and phosphorus 

2. Jinnie Rhee - Salted food intake and gastric cancer in Japan

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutriSem-20101213/index.htm

December 6, 2010 - Student presentations:

1. Batool Haider - Hidden hunger: Is biofortification the solution?

2. Claire Bosire - Pancreatic cancer: Another reason to cut the meat?

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutriSem-20101206/index.htm#

November 29, 2010 - Matthias Schulze, Dr.PH - Prediction of type 2 diabetes: Lifestyle, diet and beyond

http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NUTSEM-2010112901/

November 22, 2010 - Student presentations:  

1. Hala Alessa  -  Diet and health in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Challenges and Opportunities  

2. Ran Zhang - Childhood obesity in China: the burden of economic development http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NutriSem-20101122/index.htm#

November 15, 2010 - Sang Woon Choi, PhD, MD - Nutritional Epigenetics of Aging and Cancer http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NutriSem-20101115/index.htm#

November 8, 2010 - Lawrence de Koning, PhD - Carbohydrate quantity and quality, and risk of cardiometabolic disease                                                                                 http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutriSem-20101108/index.htm

November 1, 2010 - Walter Willett, MD DrPH & Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH - Relation of red meat consumption to coronary heart disease and diabetes:  New results from a meta-analysis and from the Nurses’ Health Study
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20101101/index.htm#

October 25, 2010 - Frank Sacks, MD - Diet to reverse the increase in blood pressure with age http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NutritionSeminar-20101025

October 18, 2010 - Chih-Hao Lee, PhD - Immune signaling and metabolic diseases
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NutritionSeminar-20101018/index.htm#

October 4, 2010 - Dallas English, PhD - Risk Factors for Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NS-20101004/

September 27, 2010 - Rosa Lamuela-Raventos, PhD - Polyphenol consumption reduce prevalence of hypertension on high cardiovascular risk population (PREDIMED)
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/NUTRITIONSEMINAR-20100927/index.htm

September 20, 2010 - June Chan, PhD - Lifestyle, genetics, and prostate cancer progression http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NUTSEM-20100920/

September 13, 2010 - Elsie Taveras MD, MPH - Translating observational research into interventions to  prevent childhood obesity
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/capture09-13-10/

April 26, 2010- William S. Harris PhD - Seminar title: Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease: Outcomes and Mechanisms
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/NUTRITION_Unspecified_2010-04-26_12-32-PM.htm

April 19, 2010- June Stevens Ph.D - Seminar title: Definition and Consequences of Weight Maintenance
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/Unspecified_Unspecified_2010-04-19_12-32-PM.htm

April 5, 2010- Anuraj Shankar D.Sc - Seminar title: Maternal Nutrition, Homeostasis, and Health
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/NUT2-04-05-10/rnh.htm

March 29, 2010-Janice King RD,LDN,SNS,CDE - Seminar title: School Nutrition Programs-Building the Case for Nutrient Dense Foods and Reflecting on Nutrient Synergy and Bio-individuality to Enhance Childhood Nutrition and Health.
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/nut32910/index.html

March 22, 2010- Sebastien Czernichow M.D, Ph.D -Seminar title: Obesity trends in France, other European countries and current strategies for prevention.
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG3/obesitytrends/

March 1, 2010- Saurabh Mehta S.D -Seminar title: Vitamin D, Perinatal Health, and Infectious Disease
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/VickiChin-Nutri-030110/

February 22, 2010- Gokhan Hotamisligil M.D, Ph.D -Seminar title: Treasure Hunting in the Fat
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/Unspecified_Unspecified_2010-02-22_12-35-PM.htm

February 8, 2010- Aaron Cypess M.D, Ph.D, MMSc -Seminar title: Brown A dispose tissue: Location, Significance, Nutrition Impact
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/Unspecified_Unspecified_2010-02-08_12-33-PM.htm

February 1, 2010- Eric Ding Sc.D -Seminar title: NHANES Analysis of Nutrition and Biomarkers
http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/content/KG2Lecture_Unspecified_2010-02-01_12-35-PM.htm